# \#check\_by\_ssh

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## [Pass an array to check\_by\_ssh](https://community.icinga.com/t/pass-an-array-to-check-by-ssh/7085)

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**Author:** [@Bins](https://community.icinga.com/u/Bins)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/pass-an-array-to-check-by-ssh/7085 "2025-09-01T15:36:41Z")

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Hello, i try to create a check\_by\_ssh command to check free disk space. I have managed to get the command executed, but I am failing to pass the disk\_exclude\_type parameter. When I try, I get the following error messa…

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## [Photon OS check\_by\_ssh](https://community.icinga.com/t/photon-os-check-by-ssh/12742)

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**Author:** [@doboscs](https://community.icinga.com/u/doboscs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/photon-os-check-by-ssh/12742 "2023-10-19T08:55:33Z")

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Hi, I have some Photon OS VM machines in our environment (VMware appliance, not vCenter) and I want to monitor some checks with “check\_by\_ssh” command. On the other VMs where I have Ubuntu for example the check are wor…

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## [VMware ESXI8 check\_by\_ssh](https://community.icinga.com/t/vmware-esxi8-check-by-ssh/12307)

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**Author:** [@doboscs](https://community.icinga.com/u/doboscs)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/vmware-esxi8-check-by-ssh/12307 "2023-07-13T10:55:26Z")

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Hi, I have a freshly installed icinga2 server on ubuntu 22.04, I want to monitor some services on my ESXI servers. If I gather the uptime for example with: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check\_by\_ssh -H 10.102.36.11 -C “upti…

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## [Distributed config with check\_by\_ssh](https://community.icinga.com/t/distributed-config-with-check-by-ssh/12207)

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**Author:** [@enriquegm](https://community.icinga.com/u/enriquegm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/distributed-config-with-check-by-ssh/12207 "2023-06-29T05:41:28Z")

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Hello, First of all forgive me if this is answered in another part of the forum or in the documentation. I’ve been reading about it for days both in the documentation and on the internet and I can’t find the problem. I…

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## [Disabling host key checking - check\_by\_ssh](https://community.icinga.com/t/disabling-host-key-checking-check-by-ssh/7387)

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**Author:** [@bouglax](https://community.icinga.com/u/bouglax)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/disabling-host-key-checking-check-by-ssh/7387 "2021-05-21T10:55:00Z")

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Hi guys, I’ve got a custom monitoring script that I’m trying to run using the default check\_by\_ssh plugin. It’s attempting to run it, but when the monitoring server doesn’t know the host key of the server to be checked …